This small rare sepia photograph was recently acquired by the Vincentiana Collection at DePaul University's Archives and Special Collections. The photograph shows the original parish church at Pouy (near Dax) where St. Vincent was baptized and where he presumably also made his first communion. The…

On April 18, 1930 Francois Verdier the Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission (1919-1933) was received at the Elysee Palace by the President of France, Gaston Doumergue and awarded the Legion of Honor. This article appeared in the newspaper: "Le Petit…

The above painting is in the collection of the Museum Calvet in Avignon France. It is described as a "Portrait d'une Religieuse." It is attributed to the "Ecole Francaise XVIIe, Inv. 278). The upper right-hand corner has the notation of 1644 and the signature of Lenain. The Le Nain brothers: Antoine (c.…